ong the country’s top development priorities in the telecommuni cations industry,” Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Te chnology, said on Friday during the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. Zhang called for accelerated efforts to set standards in key areas, including 5G, to expedit e the commercialization of this

various social conflicts, and said efforts must be made to address legitimate and lawful concerns to safeguard public int erests, and also guide the public in voicing their concerns in a law-based manner to maintain social order. Strong pressure must be maintained to crack down on crimes such as organized gang activity, violent and terroristic

hina will undertake key measures to further integrate the country’s rural and urban areas and encourage the transfer and free flow of people and resources throughout the nation. Measures include relaxing hukou (household registration) barri ers, reforming zoning regulations for rural and residential land, marketing collective land in rural areas for development purposes and increasing

ization reforms and enhance communication with member countries and regions to deal with trade issues. That will stre ngthen the WTO and jointly maintain free trade and the multilateral trade system, he said.a Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition welcomed its first tourist peak by serv ing more than 320,000 tourists during the four-day May Day holiday,

China and Switzerland should make joint building of the Belt and Road into a new highlight of bilateral cooperation and firm ly safeguard economic globalization and trade liberalization, President Xi Jinping said on Monday. Xi spoke during a meeting with Swiss Confederation President U eli Maurer, who is to conclude his eight-day state visit to

President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on Friday. Here are the highlights. Belt and Road opens up new space for global economic growth Joint building of the Belt and Road has opened up new space for the world’s

The death toll from a rash of bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka rose past 200, police and local media said. “Altogether we have information of 207 dead from all hospitals. According to the information as of now we have 450 injured peop le admitted to hospitals,” Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera told reporters

China would like to enhance strategic communication and deepen cooperation with Myanmar no matter how the international situation changes, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. Xi made the remark while meeting with Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of Defen se Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The two countries

ains into service. It said residents in the city would likely make about 340,000 trips by train on Friday. Other branches of the railway system have also launched more runs to handle the increase of holiday passengers. Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival, fell on Friday this year. It i s a traditional

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged civil affairs authorities to focus on poverty alleviation, special groups and issues of public concern to better fulfill their duties. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commis sion, made the statement in an instruction read at a